Michael Deibert and Elizabeth Eames Roebling Attack IPS Journalists Writing on Haiti
By: Kim Ives About a week ago, an IPS story reported that Amnesty International called for the release of Ronald Dauphin and described his continued detention as “politically motivated”. In …
Haiti News: The People Do Not Buy Liberty and Democracy at the Market
By: Kevin Pina – Haiti Liberte Without question, the Lavalas political movement opposed the neo-liberal economic model of development that is unfolding in Haiti today. Lavalas militants and spokespersons called …
A Look Back at the MINUSTAH Killing of 22 Year Old Haitian Kenel Pascal
By: Wadner Pierre – HaitiAnalysis It was 7:00 am on the 18th of June. Mourners filled the cathedral of Port-Au-Prince to honor the late priest, Gerard Jean-Juste. Most likely, none …
IPS: Calls Mount to Free Lavalas Activist
By: Wadner Pierre and Jeb Sprague – Inter Press Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 20 (IPS) – Government authorities in Haiti face recent criticism over allegations that they continue to jail political …
Haiti News: Diaspora Unity Congress Ignores Class Struggle
By: Wadner Pierre – Haiti Liberte From August 6 – 9, 2009, about 300 Haitians from different corners of Haiti’s diaspora – often called the 11th Department – gathered in …
Caribbean News: Guyana’s President is incoming UNASUR Chairman
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana will take over chairmanship of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in 2010 President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Saturday after returning from the 3rd Heads …
Celebration in Sherwood Content
Image via Wikipedia Tashieka Mair, Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: Showers of blessings literally poured down on Sherwood Content, Trelawny, yesterday, as the community’s hero, Usain Bolt, powered to record win …
Haiti New: Comparing the Coups in Haiti and Honduras
by Kim Ives Anyone who has closely watched Washington’s mischief and dirty wars around the globe over the past few decades cannot have missed the uncanny similarity between the June …
Haitian girl’s scars giving way to smiles
A teenage girl who has undergone several operations to transform her disfigured face is blooming into a confident teenager. BY NADEGE CHARLES ncharles@MiamiHerald.com The birthday girl twirled to the sounds …
Football player reunited with mother in Haiti
Ames, Ia. – Big-time, hard-hitting college football players have heart. They have emotion. They even cry. “You bet I did,” said Iowa State’s James Smith of the heartwarming reunion with …
Haiti and Honduras : Considering Two ‘Coups d’État’
The same United Nations that now condemns the coup in Honduras and demands Zelaya’s return occupied Haiti militarily during the coup government of Gérard Latortue, often attacking Haitians demonstrating for …